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September 23, 2016

Utah heir-tracing firm pleads not guilty in antitrust case

A Salt Lake City company specializing in the little-known business of tracking down heirs to unclaimed inheritances pleaded ...

September 21, 2016

Navajos ask federal judge to restore polling places in Utah

Navajo Nation member Davis Filfred prefers casting a ballot the old fashioned way at a polling place. But he's worried he may ...

September 20, 2016

Ex-coach arrested after Utah school evacuated for threats

A Utah man who was once a promising college basketball coach has been arrested after police said he forced the evacuation of ...

September 16, 2016

Judge considering penalties in polygamous child labor case

Federal labor lawyers asked a judge Friday to order a contracting company with ties to a polygamous sect to pay at least ...

September 15, 2016

USC football player Osa Masina charged with rape in Utah

Utah prosecutors filed rape charges Thursday against a University of Southern California football player who is also under ...

September 13, 2016

Investigation: Unique Utah Zika case remains medical mystery

A case of the Zika virus in Utah is now the only one in the continental U.S. that's still puzzling researchers on exactly how ...

September 07, 2016

Utah quiet on whether Facebook data project still alive

Utah's Gov. Gary Herbert said Wednesday that a Salt Lake City suburb's efforts to entice a new Facebook data center with ...

September 01, 2016

Correction: Missing Climbers-Pakistan story

In a story Sept. 1 about two well-known Utah climbers missing in Pakistan, The Associated Press reported erroneously the name ...

September 01, 2016

Polygamous sect member allowed to write leader Warren Jeffs

A polygamous sect member who believes writing to imprisoned sect leader Warren Jeffs is essential to his eternal salvation ...

August 29, 2016

Race for Facebook data center raises tax-break questions

The race between a small town on the Rio Grande in New Mexico and a Salt Lake City suburb to entice a new Facebook data ...

August 25, 2016

Correction: Climate Change-American Pika story

In a story Aug. 25 about a study about the American pika vanishing from some Western lands, The Associated Press reported ...

August 18, 2016

Donald Trump rattles Republican consensus in Utah

When it became apparent that Donald Trump would win the Republican presidential nomination, Andy Rasmussen's path seemed ...

August 09, 2016

Sandwich chain worker accused of drugging officer's drink

The police officer knew something was wrong after he took three sips of the lemonade he ordered from a drive-thru sandwich ...

August 09, 2016

Small protest in Utah after police cleared in teen shooting

A small band of protesters calling for an end to police brutality and the resignation of a Utah prosecutor demonstrated in ...

August 09, 2016

Mormon university says feds investigating sex-assault policy

Federal education officials have launched an investigation of how Brigham Young University handles reports of sexual assault ...

August 08, 2016

Feds say how sect leaders broke terms of release from jail

Two polygamous leaders accused in a food stamp fraud scheme violated terms of their supervised release by meeting each other ...

August 08, 2016

Prosecutor: Police shooting that wounded Utah teen justified

The fight started over a low-level drug deal gone wrong and a dispute over $1.10 outside Salt Lake City's bustling homeless ...

July 28, 2016

Judge dismisses charges against former Utah attorney general

A judge dismissed pay-to-play charges against former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff Wednesday, ending a high-profile ...

July 27, 2016

Land speed racer Sam Wheeler dies at Utah's Salt Flats

Sam Wheeler, a renowned land speed motorcycle racer, is dead after the high-performance bike he was testing at Utah's famed ...